What is dog agility?
If you're a first-timer to Crufts, or you’ve never experienced the thrill of agility, then we highly recommend you pop onto Channel 4’s free streaming service to watch the highlights from this year.
Dog agility is one of the most popular dog sports in the world, with local, national, and international competitions and a huge following of pet owners having fun with their dogs. With direction from their handlers, dogs navigate a course of jumps and obstacles as fast and accurately as possible. They get faults for knocking jump poles or making mistakes on the obstacles, and the fastest, most accurate dog wins. Check out our “Agility 101” to learn more.
Classes are grouped by the size of the dog, and at Crufts, there are both jumping and agility classes before the finals of both championship and singles classes.
Jumping classes: Jumping classes focus mostly on the dog's ability to navigate a course of jumps, with a weave and tunnel to overcome at top speed.
Agility classes: These are a combination of both jumps and obstacles, including contact equipment such as a dog walk (a wide balance beam), A-frame and see-saw, as well as jumps, tunnels and weaves.
Antinol Athletes At Crufts!
Here at Antinol, we are lucky enough to have an incredible team of canine sports professionals who feed their competition dogs Antinol daily. Many of our supported canine athletes were competing at Crufts 2025 and we went along to watch. Here’s how they did!
Naarah Cuddy
What an event Naarah had this year! Naarah and her team of dogs took home the gold in the Crufts Championship large final on Thursday, having grabbed gold and silver in agility and jumping with Lemon. Followed by a 1st and 4th in the Intermediate Championship agility and jumping with Banana. In the Intermediate Singles on Friday, she went head to head with Dan Shaw to clench the gold in the final, with Banana, after 1st in the jumping and 2nd in the agility. The excitement was palpable as the competitors warmed up. And, after an incredible competition in the large singles that saw some of our Antinol canine athletes dominating the top spots, Naarah came 1st in the jumping, 2nd in the agility, and we were over the moon to see her and Lemon take the top spot in the final! Wow! Congratulations Naarah!
Dave Munnings
Dave had a great Crufts with the ever-amazing Legacy, coming 3rd in the large championship jumping and 2nd in the agility to then clinch reserve champion in the finals, just behind Naarah! In the large singles they came 2nd in the jumping, 3rd in the agility and grabbed joint 3rd with another of Team Antinol, Dalton, in the final. A fab show for Dave and Legacy.
Martin Reid
Martin’s little Selfie had an incredible show, winning the small Singles for the first time, which now means she has won every major UK final at least once! What a star! Both Selfie and Shape then had some great runs for the rest of the competition, with fast time earning them silver in the championship jumping on Sunday and having a fab clear in the jumping for Shape. Some superb results! Congratulations Martin!
Dalton Meredith
This competition was full of emotions for Dalton—his last Crufts with Munchy, the dog who started it all for him. And what a last run, taking 2nd in the medium jumping and making the final together. So many memories, and what an incredible team. But it wasn’t just Munchy out with Dalton, little Clippy took 1st in the Championship agility round to clinch 3rd in the final, jointly with Dave. We hope Munchy enjoys winding down from competition and gets aaaaall the snacks!
Katrina Hands
After a last-minute call-up and a mad dash down to Birmingham, Katrina and Sizzle put in some fantastic rounds to take 3rd in the small singles agility! What an achievement!
We are so proud to be partnered with all of these amazing dogs and their handlers! What incredible results everyone came away from Crufts with. We can’t wait to see what the rest of the season holds!
We’ll be making some big announcements in the coming weeks, and we’re excited to take you along for the ride, showcasing the athletic ability of these incredible dogs. Stay tuned!
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